Field Work and Social Research.

Research on Social Work Practice

field work in social work; requirements and functions (case study: allameh tabatabai university) by: sattar parvin

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Intervention Research in Social Work: Recent Advances and Continuing Challenges

The purpose of this article is to review substantive and methodological advances in interventive research. Three substantive advances are discussed: (a) the growing use of a risk factor perspective, (b) the emergence of practice-relevant microsocial theories, and (c) the increased acceptance of structured treatment protocols and manual. In addition, three methodological developments are discuss...

Finding Fathers in Social Work Research and Practice

A comprehensive five-year review of five social work journals and one family-focused interdisciplinary journal was conducted to examine the prevalence of recent research on fathers. Despite an increase in father-focused research over the past two decades, there continues to be a significant lack of research examining fathers relative to mothers, as well as research that includes fathers as part...

The Everyday Ethics of Field Work Research with Vulnerable Patients

Patients are increasingly involved in health informatics research. Researchers are always aware of the ethical dimensions of their research, but studies in the field with patients--especially among the frail, elderly, cognitively impaired--present specific additional 'everyday moral dilemmas'. Reflecting on experiences of a hospital study of patients with dementia, this paper draws attention on...